The registry is an integral part of your Windows operating system because it is a central database file in which all configuration information of your system is stored. This central database has a tree-like hierarchal structure comprising five root keys—HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY-CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS, and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG—and a subtree of each root key comprising subkeys and sub-subkeys with each key having one or more values.

The registry structure is complex and crucial for proper functioning of your computer. This is the reason why it is usually not recommended that you work directly on the registry. However, at times you may have to perform some direct edits to the registry to rectify a computer error or to tweak your system.

To enable you to edit the registry and manually add and remove registry keys, Microsoft has included a Registry Editor tool that you can display by running the “regedit” command from Start > Run.

Registry Editor: Uses

The Registry Editor window comprises two panes. The left pane contain keys and subkeys and the right pane displays the value(s) assigned to the selected registry key. You can perform several tasks using the Registry Editor tool. Some of the common ones are listed below:

• Search for orphan keys left behind after a program is uninstalled to ensure complete removal of the program. You can do this by using the Edit > Find command or press the F3 key to display the Find box that enables you to search within the registry.
• Use the Find box to locate, search for, and remove spyware and virus-related registry keys that may make these malicious software programs irremovable.
• Edit the registry to tweak your system settings to customize its appearance, speed up the time taken by menus to display and reduce the time taken by system shutdown and startup processes. You can perform these and many more tweaks by editing the registry. You can easily search for registry tweaks on the Internet.
• Backup the registry by using the File > Export command. The backup option enables you to perform both full and selective backups of the registry.

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You have to be living under some type of rock if you haven’t heard about a foreclosure. We are living in all-time highs for the amount of foreclosures filed everday in the United States. Perhaps you heard of another seeminly popular phrase called a “short sale“. Short sales happen when a lender agree to accept less than what is owed on an underlying debt.

For example: $100,000 owed to lender. Offer of $75,000 is submitted and lender agrees to accept $75,000 for their $100,000 position on the mortgage.

Why is this important and how in the world can you profit from doing a short sale? Easy. You simply learn a little known language called “Loss
Mitigationeze”. What is that? It is the common slang and phrasing loss mitigators (debt collectors and negotiators) use when dealing with anyone that requests even a SECOND of their time! Yes. The loss mitigators are over worked and under paid for the most part. That means you must be on your game in order for them to take notice of you or your submitted offer.

However, once you are jiving with the loss mitigator you have amazing negotiation position to get what you want from the short sale deal. If the loss mitigator feel they are working with an equal, they will respect you more. If they feel you are a push-over and won’t stand up to fight for your offer… they will verbally abuse you until you counter or give up.

The game of short sales isn’t easy (anything that is worth fighting for usually isn’t) … but the perks that come from completing just one can pay
for all your bills for 6-12 months and provide some peace-of-mind to distressed and hopeless homeowners. That is the part of doing short sale
investing that is invaluable. For more information check out this Short Sale Real Estate Guide.